The first month of the year was very difficult with complicated weather conditions. On the beginning of January we already had some floods, still coming from the 2015 storms. Have a look at some images from the Fitzgerald Park here in Cork.

The storms didn't give any rest. We had several along the month: Jonas, Gertrude, Henry... and together with them would come severe weather conditions like strong winds and intense rain. And all the inconvenience this type of weather brings: restricted roads, flooding, electricity cuts, etc.

On the first two weeks it was very cold, and in some parts of Ireland it even snowed. But what brought more problems was the formation of ice layers on the streets and roads, called back ice, which is in fact transparent and very dangerous, once it is very easy to slip and fall. Hospitals collapsed receiving patients with several illnesses typical from the season, such as colds, cough and bad temperature, and also many cases of people who got injured with the ice formed on the streets.It is not at random that this month is the so called January Blues, an after parties period in which people get very depressed because the weather is terrible, bills from Christmas start to arrive, and we have to go back to regular activities such as work and study after a few days off in December. There is even a specific day in December which is considered the worst. We spoke a little about it in our Facebook page, click here.

Let's see what happened on the month of January in our blog?We started the month showing you the details on the New Year Dublin Festival, three day event with many activities to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Here.

The new Star Wars film used a small island in Ireland called Skellig Michael to record an important part of the film. We visited the Skellig Michael Experience which is on county Kerry, Welcome to Ireland made a full post here.

And one more Irish found her "twin", almost identical person to her but not related between them at all. Check the meeting of the girls here.

Esta ano a Irlanda está concorrendo a vários Oscar, falamos sobre estes filmes aqui e aqui.This year Ireland is running for several Oscar awards, we spoke about these movies here and here.